Jasmine Smith

PhD Candidate

Areas of interest: Ancient Egyptian Art & Archaeology; Digital Humanities; conceptions of creativity and innovation in tomb decoration; expressions of individuality in the Ancient World; Historiography of Egyptology.

Jasmine Smith studies the visual culture of the ancient Nile Valley with a concentration on non-royal Theban tomb decoration from roughly the fifteenth to the fourteenth century B.C.

Her current research focuses on perceptions of creativity and innovation in ancient art and their relation to narratives of power.

She has held positions at a number of libraries and museums including the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU. Her fieldwork experience includes excavations in Italy, Greece, and the United States.

Jasmine earned her MA in the History of Art and Archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, her MS in Information Science from the University of Michigan, and her BA in Anthropology from Michigan State University.